Whananaki bar surfForecast / Northland / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Tuesday 03 Mar 2026 NZDT
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Whananaki bar surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Whananaki bar sea temperature is
21.8° C
(Which is 1.0°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Whananaki bar today?

The current surf forecast for Whananaki bar at 12AM is: 0.9m 10s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.6m 6s secondary swell from a Southeast direction, 0.4m 3s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm March 03). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (04 Mar)--
Afternoon (04 Mar)3ft (0.9m)10s
Evening (04 Mar)3.5ft (1.1m)10s

Table - waves today at Whananaki bar. (Swell directed towards the surf break)


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Tuesday
03
Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
Friday
06
4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
ENE
0.8
NE
1.1
NE
0.9
ENE
0.7
NE
0.7
NE
0.6
NE
0.6
NE
0.9
SE
0.6
NE
0.5
E
0.5
NE
0.5
NE
0.5
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.5
ESE
0.5
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
Period(s) (?)10121011101010107910991010101013121111111010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1171902342009496767473674839385138383857827347453938
Wind
(km/h)
30
SSW
30
SSW
20
SSW
15
SW
15
SSW
15
SW
20
S
15
SSE
20
S
20
SSW
15
SSW
10
SSW
10
SW
10
SW
5
SW
10
E
10
NE
5
N
10
W
10
SSW
10
SW
10
SW
5
SSW
10
ENE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
on
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrossglasscross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:23PM
1.96
8:49AM
2.12
9:10PM
2.00
9:32AM
2.13
9:54PM
2.02
10:13AM
2.10
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:35AM
0.15
3:07PM
0.17
3:20AM
0.14
3:49PM
0.14
4:04AM
0.17
Tuesday
03
Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
Friday
06
Sunrise------7:09-------7:11-------7:11-
Sunset-7:58-------7:57-------7:54------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C171613131312151820181514141416181818171615151617
Feels °C (?)1010810109111416141312131316171617171514141615
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